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Garnierite

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Garnierite

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Description
Locality: 
Nouméa Commune, Southern Province, New Caledonia
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 5.4 × 1.5 cm
Description

Classic green "brecciated" mass of “garnierite”, a mixture of Ni- and Ni-bearing magnesium layer silicates, mainly nepouite, from Noumea (New Caledonia). Garnierites from the South Province are far less common than those from the North Province.

It comes with an old label, with number 171 of an undisclosed collection.

Ex. Arnaud Gelders, #484.

 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Garnierite

Synonym Of: 

Népouite

Formula: 
(Ni,Mg)3(Si2O5)(OH)4
Strunz: 
9.ED.15
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5

Pimelite

Willemseite

Formula: 
(Ni,Mg)3(Si4O10)(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.EC.05
Hardness: 
0.0

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